Bone resorption stimulated by lipopolysaccharides from Bacteroides, Fusobacterium and Veillonella, and by the lipid A and the polysaccharide part of Fusobacterium lipopolysaccharide

Scandinavian Journal of Dental Research
K Sveen, N Skaug

Abstract

Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) isolated from oral strains of Veillonella, Fusobacterium and Bacteroides stimulated the release of 45Ca from prelabeled fetal rat bones in culture. There was a typical dose-response relationship between the quantities of released 45Ca and LPS used for stimulation. Bacteroides-LPS proved to be the less active inducer of 45Ca release. LPS had no stimulating effect on the release of 45Ca from devitalized bone. The stimulated 45Ca release was paralleled by an increase in the culture medium of hydroxyproline and lactate. This, together with the findings of numerous osteoclasts in stained histological specimens of the experimental bones, indicates that LPS stimulated the osteoclasts to bone resorption. Heparin, which did not directly induce 45Ca release, potentiated the bone resorption stimulating capability of LPS. The lipid A and the polysaccharide portion of Fusobacterium LPS also stimulated bone resorption and, remarkably, the polysaccharide portion showed the greatest activity. This may explain the mode of action of LPS lacking a typical lipid A. It is suggested that stimulation of osteoclasts by LPS may result from activation of complement components by lipid A or its polysaccharide portion.

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